LessonsKināyah: Definition, Implication, Literal Meaning, and Its Difference from MajāzQuiz

فُرِّقَ بَيْنَ الْكِنَايَةِ وَالْمَجَازِ
A distinction is drawn between kināyah and majāz.

One account describes kināyah as movement from a concomitant to what it implies: the strap's length leads to a person's height. Majāz is described as moving from the primary term to a connected result: rain (ghayth) may be used for vegetation, or lion (asad) for a courageous human.

This comparison shows a difference in the route of interpretation, but it should not obscure the more fundamental contrast involving the permissibility or exclusion of literal intention.

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Direction of inference in kināyah and majāz

Kināyah: Definition, Implication, Literal Meaning, and Its Difference from Majāz

فُرِّقَ بَيْنَ الْكِنَايَةِ وَالْمَجَازِ
A distinction is drawn between kināyah and majāz.

One account describes kināyah as movement from a concomitant to what it implies: the strap's length leads to a person's height. Majāz is described as moving from the primary term to a connected result: rain (ghayth) may be used for vegetation, or lion (asad) for a courageous human.

This comparison shows a difference in the route of interpretation, but it should not obscure the more fundamental contrast involving the permissibility or exclusion of literal intention.